Technical Focus: The Design and Implementation of a Mentoring Scheme in HE

Autor/in	Birds, Rachel
Titel	Technical Focus: The Design and Implementation of a Mentoring Scheme in HE
Quelle	In: Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 16 (2012) 3, S.85-89 (5 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1360-3108
DOI	10.1080/13603108.2012.667845
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Mentors; Staff Development; Technical Occupations; School Personnel; Universities; Case Studies; Foreign Countries; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Personnel development; Personalentwicklung; Technical occupation; Technischer Beruf; Schulpersonal; University; Universität; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Ausland
Abstract	Conversations with colleagues across the sector suggest that the use of mentoring as an organisational development tool in higher education (HE) is increasing. In an era where universities are constantly urged to do more with less, it offers a potential means of using the institution's own staff to train and support each other, thus maximising the best resource which the sector has at its disposal; namely, its people. This article is based on the experiences of two faculty-based managers at the University of Sheffield who led the design and implementation of an in-house mentoring programme aimed specifically at staff in technical roles. It focuses on the early stages of that process. The challenges of setting up a variety of in-house staff development schemes have been discussed in this journal previously. For example, Whitchurch (2010) builds on Bolton's (2008) earlier work in problematising the organisational constraints imposed on management trainee schemes in HE institutions, as well as the various experiences of participants involved. In this article the author develops some of those themes further in the context of the establishment and provision of a formal organisational mentoring programme. The discussion begins by providing a brief overview of the circumstances which gave rise to its development. It outlines the theoretical notions underpinning the scheme's design and describes the experience of co-ordinating it. A summary of the key learning points forms the conclusion. (Contains 1 figure.) (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10